Improvement in raking attachments to harvesters



U umu U Uu UNTU HENRY TAYLOR, OF RACINE, kWISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT lN RAKING ATTACHMENTS TO-HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,531. dated July 12, 1864.

To ally fic/icm it may concern f Be it known that I, HENRY TAYLOR, of Racine, in the county ot' Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Raking Attachment for Harvesters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a t'ull, clear, and eXact description thereof, which will enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac companyingdrawings, making a part of this specication, in which Figure l is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line w a', Fig'. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view ot' the same; Fig. 3, a section of a. portion ot' the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a new andimproved se]tlrakingattachment for harvesters; and it consists in the employment, or use of a vibrating rake operated through the medium of a crank and pitman, in connection with alever, connecting-rod, and chain, all arranged inthe manner substantially as hereinafter'set forth, whereby a reciprocating or vibrating movement is not only given the rake, but also a rising-and-falling one, and the rake made to perform its work in a very efficient manner.

A represents the framing ot' 'a harvester, B,'the driving-wheel thereof, and O the platform, the latter being of segment form, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. v

D is a rake, the arm a of which is attached tothe framing A by means of an universal joint, b. The rake-teeth c may beef the usual or any proper construction, and the platform O may be provided at each side with an upright guard, d, to prevent the cut grain from passing laterally off from the platform. The arm a, of rake is connected by a rod, E, with the the -outer end of' a lever, F, which is attached to the back part of the f ramingAby a pivot, c. The outer end of this lever Fis connected to a pitman, G, which is attached at its front end to a crank, H, placed -loosely on the axle I ofthe wheel B and connected with ysaid axle, when desired, by means of a clutch,

J, arranged in the usual or in any proper manner. The rod E, which connects the rake I) with the lever F, has a chain, K, attached to it near its front end, and this chain is connected to the front end ot' the pitman G.

The operation is as follows: As the harvester is drawn along, the crank H, when connected with the axle I, will be rotated and`commpunicate by means ot' the pitman G, lever F, and rod E, a vibratory movement to the rake D, so that thelatter will move in the arc of a circle over the platform t), and in consequence 0f' the rod VE being connected bythe chf'blll K t0 the pitman G a rising-and-falling fUOVelDCllU' as well as a vibratory one is Well the rake the latter being elevated by lll@ Crank and chain as the former passes over and infront ot' the axle I, and while the rake is moved from the backao the front end of the platform, the rake .failing when it reaches the front'. end ot' the platform and rakingthe cut grain therefrom as it passes to the backend of the platform, when it is again raised by the crank and chain and is moved .in an elevated position, freel from the platform and cut grain falling thereon, toward the front end ot' the latter.

Thus it will be seen that by a very simple vmechanism an efcient self-raking attachment is obtained and without thc employment'ot' HENRY K. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

C. J. REILLY, D. McDoNALD. 

